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Nomosphone: A Global Law PodcastEpisode 014: Climate Change, Future Generations & the Rights of AmazoniaIn 2018, the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia made a landmark ruling for the future of our planet. A group of youth plaintiffs came together from across Colombia to file a claim against the Colombian government and several corporations operating in Amazonia. Despite national and international law obligations, the government and corporations failed to reduce deforestation in Amazonia and emissions of greenhouse gases. These failures, which perpetuated climate change, threatened the plaintiffs’ rights to a healthy environment, life, health, food and water. In recognizing the adverse impacts of climate change, intergenerational justice and the rights of Amazonia, the Court made fi...2019-03-1533 min
Nomosphone: A Global Law PodcastEpisode 013: Time To Assign Rights To Our Furry FriendsThroughout history, law has been reactive to scientific developments and new social movements. Could the next monumental shift be the transformation of a nonhuman animal from a mere thing with no rights to a person with legal protections? And should it? Various judicial systems indeed show increasing receptiveness to arguments maintaining that at least some animals should become the bearers of such fundamental rights as bodily liberty and bodily integrity. The movement is spurred by a growing consensus in the community of cognitive sciences that most animals including all mammals and birds possess the neurological substrates necessary to generate consciousness...2018-12-0641 minNomosphone: A Global Law PodcastEpisode 012: Blockchain - Beyond CryptocurrencyIn recent years, blockchain has become the new technology that everyone is talking about. In this episode, we look at the potential of the blockchain technology beyond its wide-known uses as a novel form of virtual currency, by focusing on its ability to create an innovative form of governance. Through examples such as government elections and shareholder voting, we examine the way in which blockchain can foster democratic participation, while remaining wary of its possible drawbacks.
In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto introduced the blockchain to be used for the cryptocurrency known as Bitcoin. Since then, the term blockchain has remained associated by...2018-11-1932 min
Nomosphone: A Global Law PodcastEpisode 011: Climate change driving displacement & deterritorialization: The current legal frameworkWhat are the options for people who are forced to move due to floods, droughts, heat waves, melting ice and extreme storms? What happens when entire States, such as low-lying islands in the Pacific, lose territory due to these and other impacts of climate change? The communities most impacted are increasingly being forced to flee within and across national borders. However, they are not protected under most national immigration schemes; nor do they qualify as refugees under international law. Two countries, including Finland and Sweden, recently abolished humanitarian protection clauses that protected individuals unable to return to their countries of...2018-05-2840 min
Nomosphone: A Global Law PodcastEpisode 010: "The People vs Arctic Oil"In June 2016, the Norwegian government issued ten petroleum extraction licenses for a highly sensitive area of the Arctic Barents Sea for both Norway’s state-owned oil company, Statoil, and companies representing other developed nations from around the world. Prior to that, the 2014 revision of the Norwegian Constitution saw legislators insert Article 112 as a key constitutionally enshrined human right affording citizens enforceable rights to live in a healthy environment. But what does this mean exactly? And what duty does it place on the state in upholding such rights?
Today we bring you an episode on something we've been following closely since 2016: the...2018-05-1542 min
Nomosphone: A Global Law PodcastEpisode 009: 'Catalexit' - Will we ever exchange euros for Catalan-dollars?On Thursday 6 April, pending a decision on extradition, a German court decided to release the ousted Catalan President Puigdemont form detention on bail of 75,000 euros. However, it was not Puigdemont's hand painted Catalan-banknote that got him off the hook. Rather, despite the initial support of the rebellion charge by German prosecutors, the German judges found the charge by the Spanish government against Puigdemont to be ‘inadmissible’ since German law stipulates that such an offence would have to include ‘violence’, which appeared to be absent in ‘the case here’. However, the remaining charge of misuse of public funds is still to be considere...2018-04-2230 min
Nomosphone: A Global Law PodcastEpisode 008: "I rather wish the word terrorism had never been introduced to the statue books."During the Spring and Summer of 2017 we witnessed a chain of terrorism-related attacks in the United Kingdom. These events have contributed to shifting the focus and debate from events occurring abroad to those in the UK and the effectiveness of domestic counter-terrorism policy. In view of an increasing number of anti-terrorism legislative instruments across jurisdictions as well as sustained criticism as to their broad scope and intrusion into the lives of citizens, we continue our discussion of the ongoing political debate surrounding the operation of anti-terrorism law by focusing on those in the UK and by looking at what role...2018-03-0736 min
Nomosphone: A Global Law PodcastEpisode 007: The Blood in our Smartphones - Business and Human Rights, a Complicated RelationshipOn September 12th, ten years after the debut of the first iPhone, Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook took center stage at a meticulously rehearsed event to present the newest iPhone models. While millions of Apple users remain glued to the screens, most will actually admit that they are not yet done exploring their more than desirable, but slightly older models. Nevertheless, millions of Apple users will still choose to buy one of the newest models, consciously or subconsciously, because of Apple's masterful advertising skills and the general flair that drives the iPhone hype.
The preoccupation of modern society with the...2017-10-0329 min
Nomosphone: A Global Law PodcastEpisode 006: "We’re on a very certain path towards a very uncertain future."There is no shortage of climate markers suggesting that we are marching towards an uncertain environmental future. In the current efforts to halt and reverse our environmental degradation, there is virtually no questioning of whether we can have sustainability in a world of global capitalism and it is inconceivable that continuing with our traditional global investment scheme will get us through the rest of this century. Ongoing deterioration of the global climate has precipitated an urgency for new, innovative means to shift towards a more sustainable scheme of our global economic markets. Legal incorporation of principles of Socially Responsible Investing...2017-09-2735 minNomosphone: A Global Law PodcastEpisode 005: "Keep us out of it, we're just about the rock and roll."This episode of Nomosphone was inspired by the wave of elections in the US, France, UK and elsewhere this Spring. During the rallies and campaign videos in the US, we saw a number of musicians publicly distance their music from then Presidential candidate Donald Trump. Through this episode, we questioned whether there are legal consequences and potential legal recourse available to musicians when politicians make use of their music without consent. We were fortunate enough to speak to litigator Lincoln Bandlow who helped to answer our question.
Be sure to subscribe to our Soundcloud and Facebook pages to stay up...2017-07-0426 minNomosphone: A Global Law PodcastEpisode 004: Tackling North Korean forced labor within the EUForced labor is usually something that don’t expect to take place within the EU. Yet researchers of the Centre of Korean Studies at Leiden University have uncovered instances of North Korean forced labourers working in Poland. We interviewed the researchers in Leiden about their report, and spoke with Member of the European Parliament Agnes Jongerius to hear what they are doing about it.
We thank researchers Remco Breuker and Imke van Gardingen, alongside with Agnes Jongerius, Member of the European Parliament, for their efforts in combating this issue and their participation in this podcast. Find out more about Remco an...2017-05-2424 min
Nomosphone: A Global Law PodcastEpisode 003: “They were usually designed with old fashioned warfare in mind.”For our newest episode, we explore the ongoing state of emergency in France, its constitutionality, and its effects on French citizens. The state of emergency in France was first instituted nearly two years ago, and subsequently extended several times in the face of continued terrorist attacks on French soil. Do we still find justification for this heightened state of security? Can France fulfill its obligations to EU values and fundamental rights within a state of intense security? And what does it mean for French citizens to live under a seemingly permanent state of emergency? We are joined in our discussion...2017-05-0526 min
Nomosphone: A Global Law PodcastFootnote 001: "The long game was the wrong game."Today, we're launching something new that we're calling "Footnotes". In these episodes we're endeavouring to regularly bring you interesting discourses delivered in a variety of formats that concern topical global law issues.
In our inaugural Footnote episode, we bring you a reflection on President Obama's foreign policy legacy over his eight years in office. This lecture was given by Dr. Randall Lesaffer, a professor and historian of international law at Tilburg University Law School, mere weeks after the inauguration of President Trump. What global impact has Obama's foreign policy had? Are the views of Obama and Trump regarding the place...2017-03-1624 minNomosphone: A Global Law PodcastEpisode 002: Profiling, race and national identityIn this episode of Nomosphone we discuss the increase in racial profiling litigation in Germany during the ongoing migration crisis. We are joined by Sven Adam and Hendrik Cremer to discuss why profiling has become such a challenging topic for German train passengers, and why it probably will not be resolved anytime soon. Listen in and join us for this episode.
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Nomosphone: A Global Law PodcastCase Note 002: Al Mahdi Follow-upAs promised, we bring you the follow up case note to the case The Prosecutor vs. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi. We sat down with two of our teammates, Katherine Skinner and Adrián Hernández, to discuss the judgement and its possible implications for the future of the Court.
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A special thanks to Hindenburg radio ed...2016-10-2310 minNomosphone: A Global Law PodcastCase Note 001: Al MahdiThis is the first of many case notes that the Nomosphone team will bring you in the future. In this case note, we examine the ongoing case of The Prosecutor vs. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi before the International Criminal Court (ICC). Listen in while we speak with Lachezar Yanev about why this case is raising eyebrows for international criminal lawyers. Following the September 27 judgment announcement we will post a follow up episode - so check back soon!
Be sure to subscribe to our Soundcloud and Facebook pages to stay up to date on our most recent episodes. And if...2016-09-2615 minNomosphone: A Global Law PodcastEpisode 001: Statelessness among refugeesIn the inaugural episode of Nomosphone, we explore the experiences of refugees who find themselves in a situation of statelessness. We are joined by Laura van Waas and Jelle Klaas to explain the many ways that individuals can become stateless, why the so-called refugee crisis is fuelling this problem, and how European Union member states could better respond to this crisis. Listen in and join us for our first episode!
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